Union Health Ministry reviews Special Campaign 6 and readies Kayakalp activities

26 October 2026

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare held a review of Special Campaign 6 and of preparations for Kayakalp activities. The meeting was chaired by Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava and held virtually from Kartavya Bhawan-1 in New Delhi, with 336 central health institutions represented. Special Campaign 6 runs from 2 to 31 October 2026 and aims to institutionalise cleanliness and reduce pendency in government offices, while Kayakalp activities are a one-day sanitation and hygiene drive. The review reported that all identified cleanliness sites had been cleaned, that nearly all public grievance appeals had been resolved, and that about Rs 50 lakhs in revenue had been generated through auction and clearance drives. Institutions covered included AIIMS Guwahati, AIIMS Rishikesh, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, NIMHANS Bengaluru, CDSCO Ahmedabad and RIMS Imphal.